Judge Consolidates 24 Comcast Data Breach Cases in Pa. Court

Two dozen negligence class actions vs. Comcast and/or Citrix Systems pending in U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia have been consolidated before U.S. District Judge John Younge pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a) for purposes of addressing common issues of law and fact prior to trial, said a signed order (docket 5:24-cv-01201) by U.S. District Judge Mitchell Goldberg Wednesday in consideration of the plaintiffs’ unopposed motion to consolidate. The cases involve Citrix’s October data breach in which the personally identifiable information of some 36 million Comcast customers was allegedly compromised. The case will be maintained under master docket 2:23-cv-05039, the order said. Any action subsequently filed, transferred or removed to the Pennsylvania court that arises out of the same or similar alleged facts as the consolidated action will be consolidated with the case for pretrial purposes, the order said.